The effects of district magnitude on the number of intra-party factions: The case of Colombia, 1958-1990

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datacite.alternateIdentifier.citationJapanese Journal of Political Science, 25 (3), 205-188, 2024
datacite.alternateIdentifier.doi10.1017/S1468109924000112
datacite.alternateIdentifier.issn1474-0060
datacite.creatorCampos-Herrera, Germán
datacite.creatorNavia, Patricio Daniel
datacite.date2024
datacite.rightsRegistro bibliográfico
datacite.subjectColombia
datacite.subjectDistrict Magnitude
datacite.subjectEffective Number Of Parties
datacite.subjectElectoral Laws
datacite.subjectFactions
datacite.subjectParty Systems
datacite.titleThe effects of district magnitude on the number of intra-party factions: The case of Colombia, 1958-1990
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-06T14:21:56Z
dc.date.available2025-10-06T14:21:56Z
dc.description.abstractThe study of party systems tends to focus on individual parties and overlooks factions and other sub-party units. Although the impact of the district magnitude on the number of electoral parties is well established, the electoral rules incentives on party subunits have been overlooked. Using electoral results at the district level, we assess the effect of the district magnitude on the effective number of parties and effective number of factions competing in elections and with legislative seats in Colombia (1958-1990). By focusing on parties and factions, we produce empirical evidence from 444 datapoints to support the claim made elsewhere that roots of multi-partism were present throughout the period studied, including under the National Front (1958-1970), where only two parties were permitted. The district magnitude impacts the number of parties and the number of party subunits, but its effect is stronger on the former. When the National Front came to an end and electoral rules were modified in the 1970s, there was an increase in party factionalism and new parties in the years before multiparty system rules were enshrined in the 1991 constitution. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
dc.description.ia_keywordparties, party, number, district, factions, magnitude, electoral
dc.identifier.issn1468-1099
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/6871
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
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dc.rights.driverinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/
dc.sourceJapanese Journal of Political Science
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oaire.citationEdition2024
oaire.citationEndPage205
oaire.citationIssue3
oaire.citationStartPage188
oaire.citationTitleJapanese Journal of Political Science
oaire.citationVolume25
oaire.fundingReferenceANID FONDECYT 1231627
oaire.fundingReferenceANID MILLENNIUM SCIENCE INITIATIVE NCS2021_063
oaire.licenseConditionCopyright © Author, Cambridge University Press 2024
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uct.comunidadCiencias Socialesen_US
uct.departamentoDepartamento de Sociología y Ciencia Política
uct.facultadFacultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
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